Dote and Like

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Dote verb - Shower with love; show excessive affection for.

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Like and dote are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Like" instead a verb "Dote".

Like verb - To take pleasure in.

Usage example: an adventuresome young woman who likes skydiving

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Dote and like are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dote" instead a verb "Like".

Nearby Words: likely, likeness, liking, liked, likeable

He already feels like The Unfavorite compared to his six siblings, but there are also some moments where his parents dote on Harry and he feels slighted.

Source: Why Are You Not My Son?
Also given a Sibling Rivalry-like turn when Daphne gets jealous of Frasier's new girlfriend Claire, because Claire and Martin dote on each other and Martin clearly wants Frasier to marry her and make her Martin's daughter-in-law.

Source: Like a Son to Me
Neither the servants nor any friends of the family dote on Jane the way that they do her cousin Georgiana, because in addition to being a friendless dependent, Jane is neither pretty nor does she act like a child "should", that is to say, in a cute fashion.

Source: Literature / Jane Eyre

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